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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2009 1:24:06 GMT -6
Tanker isnt that easy. Once you get on site, gotta open up the underground fuel cap, grab the hose, put it down up in the reservoir. THEN ya' gotta sit and wait, and wait, and wait. Pull that heavy ass hose out, wrap it up and go do it again. Only good thing is with tanker, its not as bad if your late, because most fuel stations have enough supply to last if something fucks up, like a delay. Dryvan is the easiest. Aint gotta do shit lol
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Post by Jacob on Jul 13, 2009 11:29:15 GMT -6
ya dryvan back up and pull away logging wouldn't be bad in BC ive seen some of there roads that will be a callenge and heavy hauling would be pretty cool too
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2009 12:21:16 GMT -6
Tanker is great if your local you get to the fuel bay get loaded quick and your off. My dad ran pneumatic tank its real easy from what he says both end dump and pneumatic tank payed alot a few years ago local. Im going to ask my dad to keep teaching me how to drive and maybe i get to go to el paso.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2009 14:35:15 GMT -6
Cedric, that's what I personally call easy. You stay relatively clean, and you sit around and wait. it may not be interesting, but when it's raining it's hella nice cause you can stand there with an umbrella
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Post by Jacob on Jul 13, 2009 15:52:19 GMT -6
Cedric, that's what I personally call easy. You stay relatively clean, and you sit around and wait. it may not be interesting, but when it's raining it's hella nice cause you can stand there with an umbrella haha ya
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2009 16:02:13 GMT -6
Cedric, that's what I personally call easy. You stay relatively clean, and you sit around and wait. it may not be interesting, but when it's raining it's hella nice cause you can stand there with an umbrella Got a point! ;D
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Post by Jacob on Jul 13, 2009 18:54:52 GMT -6
what about cattle so what if its a dirty job but most of the trucks i see are petes with some 10 inch pipes and lights every where so im guessing they pay pretty well
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2009 19:05:15 GMT -6
Or the guys just live in their fucking trucks. That's not my kind of life
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2009 20:42:38 GMT -6
Those guys usually live in those rigs. Id rather be local or regional.
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Post by PiñaKolata on Jul 13, 2009 21:09:03 GMT -6
Tanker isnt that easy. Once you get on site, gotta open up the underground fuel cap, grab the hose, put it down up in the reservoir. THEN ya' gotta sit and wait, and wait, and wait. Pull that heavy ass hose out, wrap it up and go do it again. Only good thing is with tanker, its not as bad if your late, because most fuel stations have enough supply to last if something fucks up, like a delay. Dryvan is the easiest. Aint gotta do shit lol My brother use to drive local tankers, and the whole thing no big deal about being late is wrong, alot of places with do tanker work are completely anal about delivery times, including the company he worked for, dryvan you got alot of sitting around sometimes, except Millis, most of their stuff is drop and hook, and I'm sure alot of companies are like that And my brother has made more money with dryvans over any other type of freight, including tanker, flatbed & reefer, so thats why he sticks to hauling vans
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Post by jakebrake0776 on Jul 13, 2009 21:42:54 GMT -6
well i've mainly been in wreckers for the past few years, every job is different, mainly doing the flatbed rollback work('98 International 4700) & service truck work(Chevy Cheyenne 2500), then there are call where we'd need the medium wrecker('91 Chevy Kodiak 6500), & of course i did the big work the big mofo's('81 Mack Superliner & '87 Freightliner FLC112). so in summary, if you wanna get something different everyday, drive a wrecker, somedays are a bitch, somedays are a breeze, & somedays are just.... well you know, lol
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2009 22:13:04 GMT -6
Man you guys say that flatbeds where the moneys at.. Ur wrong... Around here anyway. I guess our stuff isn't your normal flat stuff... The conveyer industry is really slow so it's bringing us down hard. That coupled with the company taking out alot and putting their trucks ahead of the O/O's. Its great if 'boards are doing good around you. But here it's pretty shitty
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2009 22:21:03 GMT -6
Tanker isnt that easy. Once you get on site, gotta open up the underground fuel cap, grab the hose, put it down up in the reservoir. THEN ya' gotta sit and wait, and wait, and wait. Pull that heavy ass hose out, wrap it up and go do it again. Only good thing is with tanker, its not as bad if your late, because most fuel stations have enough supply to last if something fucks up, like a delay. Dryvan is the easiest. Aint gotta do shit lol My brother use to drive local tankers, and the whole thing no big deal about being late is wrong, alot of places with do tanker work are completely anal about delivery times, including the company he worked for, dryvan you got alot of sitting around sometimes, except Millis, most of their stuff is drop and hook, and I'm sure alot of companies are like that And my brother has made more money with dryvans over any other type of freight, including tanker, flatbed & reefer, so thats why he sticks to hauling vans Didn't say it was no big deal, but its not as bad as say, dryvan or flatbed. Thats what the tanker said when I asked him. Says hes been driving for 7 years.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2009 22:30:14 GMT -6
Yea it's not so good out there and this money are you robbing banks or something? And aaron drop and hook is the shit lol. Reefer pays but if you're independent your always dead heading to some warehouse tanker pays but its sensitive loads half of the time. Yesterday i saw some one my dad ran with at some other company guy was doing good a newer truck the same tanker he was yankin but good.
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Post by bhfanatik on Jul 13, 2009 22:38:32 GMT -6
hey is it illegal for trucks to have under glow??
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2009 22:47:22 GMT -6
I dunno but you'd get some looks and get laughed at on 19.
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Post by hardtruckisthebest on Jul 13, 2009 22:51:22 GMT -6
i think you cant just say .... flatbed is where the moneys at.. van is where the moneys at... it all depends.. fuck theres a million different things you can load onto flatdecks and a million different things you can stuff in a van.. I bet if you have a van full of some god damn insulation it wont pay very well but if you gotta haul some pricey delicate shit then theyll pay you more.. but god knows. I always draemed of having my own truck and trailer (van) and just doing that. Reefer, honestly Ive got nothin against that either.. I wouldnt mind that.. as long as im goin long distance
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2009 22:57:47 GMT -6
Right on ivan. You never know were the money is at really it depends on rates and other things include fsc and do some math find out what cut of the jib your really getting.
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Post by jakebrake0776 on Jul 13, 2009 22:58:21 GMT -6
unless you have some sort of "hook up", you ain't makin shit
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2009 22:58:50 GMT -6
as long as im goin long distance They better pay by the mile.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2009 23:01:30 GMT -6
unless you have some sort of "hook up", you ain't makin shit Right it's complicated unless you know what's going on with such load you have an understanding.
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Post by Chris on Jul 13, 2009 23:35:35 GMT -6
i think you cant just say .... flatbed is where the moneys at.. van is where the moneys at... it all depends.. fuck theres a million different things you can load onto flatdecks and a million different things you can stuff in a van.. I bet if you have a van full of some god damn insulation it wont pay very well but if you gotta haul some pricey delicate shit then theyll pay you more.. but god knows. I always draemed of having my own truck and trailer (van) and just doing that. Reefer, honestly Ive got nothin against that either.. I wouldnt mind that.. as long as im goin long distance Exactly, there's a million different things you can haul. But the most that pays is flatbed, up here atleast. Or even better, oilfield shit. With dryvan and reefer, those are the most hauled trailers, and the easiest to move. They require less effort to move, and less complications, and they are constantly changing prices to move freight for them too. aka being undercut by someone else. But it's not dependant on what exactly you're specifically hauling, it's about what your company gets for the load.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2009 8:54:25 GMT -6
Oilfield down here in the south pays also and its mostly flat.
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Post by signsmasher on Jul 14, 2009 8:58:54 GMT -6
hey is it illegal for trucks to have under glow?? It is here, but I dunno about America.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2009 12:56:10 GMT -6
I want to be doing something where I'm home every 3 nights ATLEAST! I don't want to be one of the guys that lives in their truck for weeks on end, I personally think that's just stupid. I want to have a family and be able to spend time at home. I'd like to stay in B.C., Alberta, and maybe Saskatchewan once in a while. But, I`m not a fan of that border shit unless I`m a city driver, or I`m working for a company that pays the border waits right off the bat.
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